College Football 1995-96 Season Annual Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

Players of the Year

Eddie George, Ohio St. Camp, Heisman, Maxwell
Tommie Frazier, Nebraska The Sporting News, UPI

Position Players of the Year

O'Brien Award (Quarterback) Danny Wuerffel
Unitas Award (Senior QB) Tommie Frazier
Walker Award (Running Back) Eddie George
UPI Back of Year Troy Davis
Biletnikoff Award (Receiver) Terry Glenn
Groza Award (Kicker) Michael Reeder
Outland Trophy (Interior Lineman) Jonathan Ogden
UPI Lineman of Year Jonathan Ogden
Lombardi Award (Lineman) Orlando Pace
Butkus Award (Linebacker) Kevin Hardy
Thorpe Award (Defensive Back) Greg Myers
Nagurski Award (Defensive Player) Pat Fitzgerald

Coach of the Year

Gary Barnett, Northwestern AFCA, Camp, Dodd, FWAA, The Sporting News, UPI

Heisman Trophy Vote

Top 10 Vote-Getters

Presented since 1935 by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York City and named after former college coach and DAC athletic director John W. Heisman. Voting done by national media and former Heisman winners. Each ballot allows for three names (points based on 3 for 1st, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd).

  Pos 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
Eddie George, Ohio St. RB 268 248 160 1460
Tommie Frazier, Nebraska QB 218 192 158 1196
Danny Wuerffel, Florida QB 185 152 128 987
Darnell Autry, N'western RB 87 78 118 535
Troy Davis, Iowa St. RB 41 80 119 402
Peyton Manning, Tenn. QB 10 21 37 109
Keyshawn Johnson, USC WR 9 10 12 59
Tim Biakabutuka, Mich. RB 1 11 6 31
Warrick Dunn, Florida St. RB 2 3 17 29
Bobby Hoying, Ohio St. QB 0 9 10 28
Note: All players were seniors except juniors Wuerffel, Biakabutuka and Dunn and sophomores Autry, Davis and Manning.

 

Single Game Highs 1995-96 Season Consensus All-America Team

 

 
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